Slitting

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Strand Tracking Problems on Your Slitter/Rewinder

Published: May 01, 2002

A slitter/rewinder has two goals: Divide the web into strands (slitting); and create uniform individual rolls (winding). This plan has three potential

Cutting to the Chase

Published: May 01, 2002

As Chase & Sons broadens its facility and capabilities, the converter eliminates tension control problems by replacing chucks and rollers with new products from Double E Co.

Slitter Cuts Changeover Time

Published: March 01, 2002

Brand Packaging Ltd., one of the U.K.'s largest privately owned manufacturers of flexible packaging materials, is getting big results with its recent

High & Dry

Published: February 01, 2002

Metlon Corp. has eliminated downtime on its high-precision slitting machines thanks to a new Balston air dryer from Parker Hannifin.

New Materials Extend Wearability and Blade Life

Published: October 01, 2001

Whatever your slitting method, blade life can be improved dramatically if you have the right knife in the right holder, properly angled, explains Keith

Slitting Adhesive-Coated, Low-Strength Films

Published: October 01, 2001

Low-strength films, such PE or cast PP, sometimes are coated with an adhesive and slit into customer-sized rolls. Low-strength films do not have sharply

K Show Coming Attractions: Goebel Slitter/Rewinder and EREMA Booth Highlights

Published: September 21, 2001

The K Show is slated for October 25 to November 1, 2001, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

UCB Films Invests in Valmet Atlas Slitter and Millions for Belgium BOPP Plant

Published: August 29, 2001

UCB films is taking slitting to another level with its new state-of-the-art slitting facility and a Valmet slitter, says the companyl; it's invested €2.6 million ($2.37 million US) into its BOPP production plant at Merelbeke, Ghent.

Slitting Survey

Published: August 01, 2001

The slitter. It is (almost) ever-present and often taken for granted.

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

Published: August 01, 2001

While you can't make paper or other products on the slitter/winder, it is every winder operator's job to ensure that web defects are not amplified during the slitting/rewinding operation.

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

Published: August 01, 2001

Poor starts: There are obvious differences in appearance between the paper near the core and the remainder of the roll. Remedies: Tighten web before fastening

When You Say ''Converted Products,'' You've Said It All

Published: June 01, 2001

Converted Products Inc. does just that: It converts a great many products, from paper to film to foil to nonwovens to pressure-sensitive materials. And Shanks Converting Equipment has made it all possible.

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

Published: May 01, 2001

From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses.